Florida No. 2 for job loss since 2007

Florida is among the states struggling most to recover jobs lost during the recession.

According to On Numbers, Florida has the country’s second worst shortfall at 725,700 jobs under its pre-recession employment total and the second biggest decrease in percentage at 9.02 percent.

For its analysis, On Numbers used state-by-state, non-farm employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 2007 and the same month this year.

California lost 165,500 more jobs and Nevada’s five-year decline was 3.48 percent worse than the Sunshine State.

According to On Numbers, Texas gained the most jobs with 410,400 and North Dakota had the highest percent increase at 16.71 percent. Only nine states and Washington, D.C., have recovered all of the jobs they lost during the recession.